Show Z C 31 J I 1 I 1 i excellent exhibit ortho of alio llio of unit ecat 4 grent iii letlon I 1 I 1 the thirty fir t semi annual meeting of the stockholders of zions C cooperative 0 mercantile I 1 and tile a annual initial meeting for flor ta election of officers occurred hi in I 1 ho S social ocia I 1 hall at S saturday noon president john taylor called the a assemblage to order there were represented anted sit it tho th meeting shares of stock U little more that two thirds of tl tin 0 1 total distie the prin principal cip al of the day waa was the rece receipt i of tin presidents semiannual semi annual tt i t previous to its reading rt adin 0 president taylor made ma tie a t tw introduce il arod uel rv irv remarks on the of tife lion tion after which tile report wai read by ir G webber secretary and treasurer from the report I 1 we glean the follo following whig interesting I 1 details the fiscal year of ilic Z I 1 0 ill 1 I ends on oil the of july and it is the six months previous iq Q that date that the present statement covers car says the report has bas been marked by it 11 generah genera stagnation of trade and a dullness in all departments not e equaled baled for lo 10 T many seasons past no market 11 has as been provided for our ou P product r abducts and the absence of railroad building has contributed in materially a erial to dep depress ress trade notwithstanding with i tig these drawback 1 however the president ident felt satisfied with the showing Z 0 M U I 1 was able to make and it massuch was such that all stockholders ere would no doubt share the feel feeling lg I 1 at the celoso of 1884 the tile stock of iner merchandise chandise on hand band amounted to of these goods fully 80 per cent was for merchandise and cash ashon on eaid Fald I 1 and in d aggregated 81 or r over 50 per cent more than the llie sum total of all liabilities exclusive ot course of capital stock and reserve reser vei the tile cash hecei receipts apts for tho ilie half year were amount of freight paid railroads and express companies the net profits for the half year were of this amount 00 6 per cent af the capitalization waa was declared as a dividend and alic remainder was carried car ried to t le I 1 ethe elie serve fund making that now stand upwards of the expense of selling goods dinall in all departments department 8 was announced t to be af 4 1 I per r cent included c in the stock of merchandise eban diso on hand named above the institution carries homemade home lionie made gooda goods as follo wp boots and find shoes slices woolen goods soap trunks b broo roe etc 3 total the number of hands the homo home manti fracturing fac turing departments is dur in ing the half year these department 4 t turned out bo boots and echoes 58 leatherS clothing 19 total Is two thirds of all boots ni and ka slices sold continues the depoi barc of our own make so far as ack duck denim and flannel underwear arc are concerned we think the question of competition has bas been solved overalls etc an can not now bo be brought from the west and old fold under tinder our figures even with the advantage of if cheap che ap chinese Chill pEe labor the demand for all till branches of our hai home n c man is already on the increase and wd arc are pleased to be enabled to 0 offer afe r a somewhat better line of a articles V than the imported and that at the samp same figure fiure at the conclusion of the reading r the report was unanimously adopted the election of officers for th tho 0 esti ensuing ing year was then proc proceeded ceded with wit h and resulted as foll follows 0 WE geo romney being elected to fill hc tile vacancy occasioned I 1 by the death pf af 1 I 0 calder president john taylor vicc vice president wm win ten jen iain e secretary and treasurer T 8 0 webber directors george Q cannon cannou joseph F moses thatcher Thatch cr 11 S eldrude Eldr cde john sharp S W sears G kom ney the institution enters upon another anther C year under the most favorable of aus auspices pico and the stockholders have reason to congratulate themselves upon the board choen chosen to conduct tho the affairs of the institution no nio better commentary on their fitness and ability could ba offered than the presentation of such a 81 showing oling as ag tile aboyo at a time of such 1 I general cral depression and fit stagnation ag giai in n trade S ti herald I 1 |